I'm pretty stoked about seeing Cats at the NAC here in February. I saw it once before, at the New London Theatre in the late '80s, and remember it as being the first stage play I enjoyed.
Anyhow, getting those tickets paired with the news Tamir's (www.tamir.ca) documentary Dreamcoat hits the screen next week showcasing its members' stage performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat piqued my interest in what Webber's up to these days.
Judging by how well Wicked has done as page-to-stage unofficial prequel of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, what I discovered looks pretty cool:
"Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bill Kenwright, The Wizard of Oz is an enchanting adaptation of the all time classic, totally reconceived for the stage (...) This new production contains all the much-loved songs from the Oscar winning movie score, plus a few surprises along the way, including new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice."
I imagine it's only a matter of a couple of years or so before the screen version of this new London stage adaptation of the 1939 MGM film classic shows up on moviegoers' radar. I'm still waiting for a film version of Cats, never mind the tragic screen versions of Webber's stage hits Jesus Christ Superstar and The Phantom of the Opera.
Checking out Wikipedia about the original L. Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz first published in 1900, it was interesting to find Baum involved with the first Wizard of Oz stage adaptation just a couple of years after the book launched.
Thanks for checking in.
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